LOL, ok there buddy, it doesn't look very good when you call someone ignorant when you concurrently demonstrate your ignorance of simple concepts....
BuckNaked Well, I am not sure what you mean there Dr. Hawking, because I never provided a definition. The defitniton you provided was quite...
That is indeed the point, Federal Standards establish a poverty line that does not represent true poverty. Poverty is a destitute situation...
Eadora, the "Reasonable Person" standard is well known and is a fundamental tenet of even our justice system. The "reasonable person" standard is...
OK thanks, so the 1st definition is the one that refers to economic poverty, and I don't think a reasonable person could say that most "poor"...
OK, we'll work with this: "Lacking in wealth or the ability to obtain it.", pretty decent. First of all, we will now need to define "wealth"....
LOL, the culture of victimhood, class-envy, and the blaming of external factors for your situation, a tragically liberal hallmark.
The fact that you made this statement shows that you don't know the 1st thing about success. Success in fact is not easy. Success is hard....
Your point is taken but can you distinguish between the two? Were Korea, Vietnam, Greneda, and Afghanistanistan in the 80's purely offensive,...
What is intellectually dishonest is you trying to finesse a definition of poverty that fits your agenda. Poverty in the true meaning is not...
Perhaps you could suggest a definition we could agree on?
What a pathetic attempt to excuse responsibility for our choices. Consumerist or not, you have to spend money on prirorites and needs. Wants...
Tell that to late-1930's Poland and Czecheslovakia. Defense spending provides for the general welfare of the population in the form of national...
This is the distilled essence of the OP. The worst part is that many liberals and social-engineering advocates buy the idea of these folks as...
Your current system of social wlefare has grown to an ubiquitous, resource-inhaling monster and a far cry from what you had in 1948.
snakestretcher Berners-Lee did not invent the world wide web, even he will tell you this, I've already educated you on this snake, you are now...
Or my choice, I have health insurance, so I would get the surgery here in 1/3 of the time I would have to wait for it in the UK, pay a negligible...
OK my bad, perhaps the 1st line was a bit egregious on my part. I ageee we tend to agree on most things here, and I see what you are saying....
You can thank NAFTA and Clinton for that, I hate NAFTA. The unemployed tend to find work no matter what. I was laid off consecutively in...
junobet Uh, not really, they are both components of the same argument, and they are both true. Not only that, they are respective of each...
The physical and mental ability to do unskilled labor at least.
Well that sucks... of all of the nations of Europe, I think Americans tend to care just a tad more about the UK and Ireland, it is sad to see this...
What an egregiously ignorant statement. Seriously, did you even read this before you posted it? *We brought constitutional democracy to the...
Theorhetically, everything contributed to the collapse. How can you say "This spent money counts, but this other money doesn't"? Anyway, are...
I don't think anyone blamed social programs on economic hardships... not in the USA at least. That is not what the thread is about....
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